Cyber-bullying among university students: Concurrent relations to belief in a just world and to empathy.

ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to investigate concurrent relations of belief in a just world (BJW), justice experiences, and empathy to cyber-bullying perpetration and victimization. Our theoretical framework contained a distinction between personal and general BJW and between affective and cognitive empathy. Due to theory and recent research, we expected students' BJW, lecturer and fellow student justice, and empathy to relate negatively to cyber-bullying perpetration. Furthermore, BJW and academic justice experiences are also expected to negatively relate to cyber-bullying victimization. In order to test our hypotheses, we conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire study with N = 663 German university students (M_age = 22.6, SD_age = 3.5; 68% female). G

SUBMITTER: Donat M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9155235 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature